Research Article

Natural Substances for the Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles against Escherichia coli: The Case of Megaphrynium macrostachyum (Marantaceae), Corchorus olitorus (Tiliaceae), Ricinodendron heudelotii (Euphorbiaceae), Gnetum bucholzianum (Gnetaceae), and Ipomoea batatas (Convolvulaceae)

Table 4

Type and powder diffraction based-size of the silver nanoparticles used.

Organic materialType and size of particlesReferences

Megaphrynium macrostarchyumAg 33.7 nm AgCl 44.2 nm[7]
Corchorus olitorusAg 30.0 nm AgCl 37.9 nm[8]
Ipomoea batatasAg 67.3 nm AgCl 37.9 nm[8]
Ricinodendron heudelotiiAg 89.0 nmThis work
Gnetum bucholzianumAg 67.4 nmThis work